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STEM
Undergraduate Statistics Degrees Up 474% Since 2010
The increase in the number of universities granting statistics and biostatistics degrees also continues steadily.
State of the Science and Engineering Data Infrastructure: National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
Three experts discuss the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, which provides data on science and engineering enterprise; collects essential data on STEM education; provides research and development activities, funding, and infrastructure; and supports data innovations.
Nandini Kannan
Nandini Kannan was born in Bhopal, India, and completed her schooling in Mumbai and New Delhi. She enjoyed solving math puzzles as a child, inheriting her love of mathematics from her father, a mathematician. After completing a master’s degree at the University of Madras, Kannan joined the University of Pittsburgh to work with C. R. Rao. She is proud of her work at the National Science Foundation developing interdisciplinary research and training programs in data science and is passionate about the critical role science and technology play in this global interconnected society. Kannan is committed to developing and supporting initiatives that address diversity and equity in the STEM workforce.
Panel Shares Advice on Applying for NSF Fellowships
The ASA Committee on Funded Research hosted a webinar on September 14 about the National Science Foundation fellowships supporting graduate and postdoctoral study. The webinar was timed to inform applicants for the 2021 round of awards; however, the advice offered here will also apply to the next round of applicants.
Tanya Moore
When Tanya Moore first took statistics her junior year in college, she struggled. With the help of her mentor, Nagambal Shah, and adviser, Mark van der Laan, however, she gravitated toward probability and statistics because of their ability to combine math with issues she cared about. Today, she is passionate in her support of women in STEM careers and co-founded the Infinite Possibilities Conference, designed to support, promote, and encourage underrepresented minority women in mathematics.
Neal Jeffries
Even though Neal Jeffries’s father was a high-school math teacher, he studied only enough mathematics to earn a degree in economics. However, while working as a policy analyst, he realized statistics was necessary to critically evaluate the data that provides the basis for sound public policy—and that understanding led him to want a formal statistics education. Now, at the National Institutes of Health, Jeffries’s work involves advances in treating sickle cell anemia by expanding the pool of those who can receive curative stem cell transplants and developing new avenues of therapy.
The Year in Review … And More to Come
In her final president’s column, Karen Kafadar talks about her accomplishments from the past year, challenges ahead, and—last but most important—her experiences with members like you.
Back to School With Data for Good
Students, professors, and research partners can all find ways the important work of Data for Good intersects with course requirements and other educational activities.
The Do’s and Don’ts/Ins and Outs of the Side Hustle
Moonlighting can be rewarding and exhausting—physically, mentally, and even emotionally—at the same time. Michael Anderson offers tips to perform your best at both your side hustle and your day job.